Apparatus for physical culture and physiotherapy

Abstract

The apparatus for physical culture and physiotherapy comprises a set of different hollow interchangeable members made from a plastics material. It comprises, for example, two hollow bodies (1), each having the filling opening sealed by a plug and two tubular skirts (3,4) having on their outer or inner walls respectively a thread which constitutes a coupling. The two hollow bodies are fixed to the ends of a connecting bar formed by the assembly of three rectilinear elements (7) in order to form a dumb-bell. The latter also has at its ends two supplementary hollow bodies (1'), identical to the two first hollow bodies and separated therefrom by a supplementary rectilinear element (7'). A sleeve (12) is mounted so as to rotate freely on each of the two supplementary rectilinear elements, so as to provide a more complete apparatus and offering more different possibilities of use than a conventional dumb-bell.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
       1. In apparatus for physical culture and physiotherapy comprising at least two hollow bodies, each said body having a filling opening sealed by a plug and coupling device on opposite sides of the body, and elongated handle means detachably interconnecting the two bodies and secured at one end of the handle means to the coupling device of one hollow body and at the other end of the handle means to the coupling device of the other hollow body; the improvement in which said handle means comprises at least two rectilinear elements, one of the elements being detachably connected to the coupling device of one said body and another of the elements being detachably connected to the coupling means of the other body, said coupling device including a coupling means detachably interconnecting the rectilinear elements, a rotatable sleeve covering said handle means, further said rectilinear elements on the sides of said hollow bodies opposite said handle means and detachably connected to said coupling means of said hollow bodies, and further hollow bodies detachably interconnected with said further rectilinear elements at a distance from the first-mentioned hollow bodies. 
     
     
       2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, and rotatable sleeves covering said further rectilinear elements. 
     
     
       3. In apparatus for physical culture and physiotherapy comprising at least two hollow bodies, each said body having a filling opening sealed by a plug and coupling device on opposite sides of the body, and elongated handle means detachably interconnecting the two bodies and secured at one end of the handle means to the coupling device of one hollow body and at the other end of the handle means to the coupling device of the other hollow body; the improvement in which said handle means comprises at least two rectilinear elements, one of the elements being detachably connected to the coupling device of one said body and another of the elements being detachably connected to the coupling means of the other body, said coupling device including a coupling means detachably interconnecting the rectilinear elements, a rotatably sleeve covering said handle means, said apparatus having two covers or caps each of which has a coupling means and an attachment means, said last mentioned coupling means serving for attachment to the outer sides of the hollow bodies, and two elastic cords one end of which is provided with an attachment member for securement to the attachment means on the caps or covers, and handles on the ends of the elastic cords opposite the attachment members.